Horseshoe attachment.



No. 730,855. I I PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903.

I E. L. ABBOTT. HORSBSHOE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

aff Wxww UNITED STATES Patented June 16, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HORSESHOE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,855, dated June 16, 1903.

Application filed August 7, 1902. Serial No. 118,704. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EVERETT L. ABBOTT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, Manhattan borough, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe Attachments, which improvements are fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices of that class commonly applied to the hoofs of draft-animals, as horses, in connection wit-l1 metallic shoes and whereby is sought to be obviated or materially decreased the liability of such animals to slip or lose their footing, particularly-on driveways presenting substantially uniform, smooth, or ice-covered surfaces, such devices being well designated horseshoe attachments.

The object of this invention is to provide a horseshoe attachment of the character above indicated which shall be simple, inexpensive, and novel as regards construction, which shall be positive and reliable in operation, which may be conveniently applied for practical service, and which shall possess certain welldefined advantages over prior analogous devices.

The invention consists in the employment of a heel-bridge novel as to form, in certain novel features of construction whereby said heel-bridge is conjoined with the shoe proper, in certain combinations, and in certain de tails of construction, all of which will be specifically referred to hereinafter, and set forth in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference-numerals denote like parts throughout the respective views.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a horseshoe attachment embodying my said improvements, the same being illustrated as it appears when conjoined with a horseshoe and the whole practically applied for service. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken as along the angular dotted line ct a. of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the attachment and the shoe with which it is conjoined for service. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the heel-bridge which I make use of.

In a general sense my invention comprises a heel-bridge conjoined with a horseshoe, the

the shoe.

of suitable material, as steel, preferably hardened, and is transversely corrugated throughout or substantially throughout its entire length. The heel-bridge 3 in practice spans the rear ends of the opposing connected members ofthe shoe and is arranged in an upright position, so that the lower edge thereof presents a tread portion somewhat in advance of the lowermost adjacent surface of Any common and approved means may be employed for conjoining the heelbridge 3 with the shoe 2; but in this connection I prefer to employ an elastic or yielding cushion 4, usually formed from rubber and provided with inwardly-projecting members 4: 4", which in practice are overlapped, respectively, by the rear end portions of the shoe members aforenamed. Where the cushion 4 is availed of, I prefer that the heelbridge 3 be embedded therein, and this may be readily accomplished during the operation of forming or molding said cushion, as will be clearly understood. Also where the cushion 4. is employed I prefer that the heelbridge 3 be provided with a plurality of perforations 5, certain of which may be elongated and left open at the tread edge of said bridge, as indicated in Fig. 2. By providing the bridge 3 with the perforations 5 the sections of the cushion 4 at the opposite sides of the heel-bridge are integrally united by way of said perforations, the same serving to permit integration of the material of the cushion at thereat, thus tying the heel-bridge in place within the cushion sand at the same time obviating in a substantial measure any tendency of said opposing sections of the cushion to separate or spread apart in practice. As a still further aid in preventing any un- ICO due displacement of the heel-bridge 3 with respect to the cushion 4 I provide said heelbridge with a foot or flange 6, which may extend along the entire inner edge of said bridge or only along suitably-spaced sections of theinner edge of the bridge, thus forming a series of feet or flanges therefor.

It will be understood that means other than the cushion 4 may be employed for conjoining the bridge 3 with the shoe 2; but where the cushion 4 is availed of .an elastic or yieldin g seat is accordingly had for the heel-bridge.

By corrugating'the bridge 3 or giving the same substantially the form indicated in Fig. 1 there are secured a multiplicity of engaging sections extending along the tread edge of the heel-bridge andarrangedat an angle each to its neighbor or neighbors, which engaging se'ctions areat all times effective in enabling the animal, to the boots of which my improved attachment is applied, to maintain a firm positive footing, the same, owing to their angular arrangement, serving to check any sliding movement of the hoofs of the animal in any and all directions, even on smooth, uniform, or ice-covered surfaces.

7 is a pad formed from leather or other suitable material and overlying the entire shoe 2. toned, as through the medium of any suitable adhesive agent, and in practice the members 4 at" of the cushion llare inserted, respectively, between the pad 7 and the rear end portions of the shoe members aforenamed, the latter to this end being somewhat downwardly curved by preference, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3.

In practically applying my improved horseshoe attachment the pad 7 is firstadjusted to the animals hoof. The shoe 2 is then arranged on the pad 7 substantially as shown in Fig;

1, and thereafter said pad and shoe are nailed to the animals hoofin the usual way.

It will be observed that my improved at tachmeut is particularly well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended, and, further, that the same may be modified to'some extent without materially departing from the spirit and principleof. my invention.

Having fully described'my'invention, what I claim, and desireito secure by Letters Patent, is

To this pad 'thecushion 4 is "fas- ,thereof ha'ving at its tread edge a multiplicity of engaging'sections arranged at an angle each with respect to its neighbor or neighbors, and being embedded within said cushion, substantially as herein specified.

2. In combination with a horseshoe, a perforated heel-bridge and a yieldingcushion for conjoining said bridge with said shoe, the said bridge spanning the shoe at the rear thereof, having at its tread edge a multiplicity of engaging sections arranged at an angle each withlrespect to its neighbor or neighbors, and beingembedded within said cushion, substantially as herein specified.

3. In combination with a horseshoe, a perforated, flanged heel-bridge, anda yielding cushion for conjoining said'bridge with said shoe, the said bridge spanning said shoe at the rear thereof, being transversely corrugated, and being embedded within said cushion, substantially as herein specified.-

4. In combination with a horseshoe, a heelbridge and means for conjoining said bridge with said shoe, the said bridge havingat its tread edge a multiplicity of -engaging sections arranged at an angle each with respect to its neighbor or neighbors,substantially as herein specified. v

5. In combination witha horseshoe, a heelbridge consisting of a strip of material transversely corrugated to formatone edge thereof a multiplicity of engaging sections arranged at an angle each with respect to its neighbor or neighbor, and provided with a series of perforations and with a lateral flange, and a yielding cushion for conjoining said heel-bridge with said shoe, and in a manner that said heel-bridge will span the shoe at the rear thereof, the said bridge being embedded within the said cushion, and the latter serving as a connection between said bridge and said shoe, substantially as herein specified.

EVERETT L. ABBOTT.

lVitnesses: WTH. RUBY, MAKE. A. DORING. 

